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| 31 May 2004 | Monday | 11 Rabi-us-Saani 1425 |
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Two killed by rangers firing in soilder bazar: KARACHI, May 31: At least two people were killed when paramilitary rangers fired back at a vehicle used by armed men who opened fire on police and paramilitary rangers near the site of the blast. A state of emergency has been declared in all the city's hospitals and an appeal for blood donations made, hospital sources said. Some of the victims suffered serious burns and were in critical condition, doctors said, adding that the death toll could rise further. (DPA) (Updated @ 01:10 PST, Tuesday) 
Paramilitary troops patrol Karachi after killing of Mufti Nizamuddin Shamzai: KARACHI, May 31: About 15,000 police and paramilitary troops patrolled Karachi today after violent rampages over the murder of a prominent Muslim cleric, the latest in a string of deadly attacks. "We have deployed maximum possible force particularly around Shiite mosques and in Shiite areas," city police chief Tariq Jamil told AFP. (AFP) (Posted @ 11:50 PST)
Rocket attack in Quetta kills two, wounds four: QUETTA, May 31: Nearly 20 rockets were fired in Quetta today killing two person and wounding four. One of the rockets hit the home of a servant of Education Minister Zubaida Jalal, killing a man and a 14-year-old son and wounding four people, said Jalal, who was in Islamabad at the time of the attack. (AFP/Reuters) (Updated @ 15:30 PST)
Karachi express derailed at Chichawatni, four injured: MULTAN, May 31: Four passengers were injured after three coaches of 16-down Karachi express (Night Coach) derailed at Chichawatni Railway Station, railways officials said. According to initial reports, four passengers including two women and two men received minor injuries who were being provided medical aid at Chichawatni hospital, a railways police officer said. (APP) (Posted @ 09:40 PST)
Governing Council meeting on Iraq president delayed: BAGHDAD, May 31: The Governing Council has delayed until Tuesday a meeting to nominate a new president of Iraq to take over sovereignty from the US-led coalition, one leading Kurdish member said today. Moderate Sunni Muslims and Iraqi exiles with strong ties to Washington, both Ghazi al-Yawar and Adnan Pachachi, were running neck and neck today to succeed Saddam Hussein as president of Iraq. "I think we are going to win either way. They are actually both very forward looking, moderate gentlemen," said one official from the US-led coalition. (AFP) (Posted @ 12:10 PST)
Member of Iraqi Governing Council killed in Baghdad: BAGHDAD, May 31: A member of the Iraqi Governing Council and Secretary General of the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) has been killed today in an attack in Baghdad, Arabic media reported. Television news channel al-Arabiya reported that the Muslim politician Mohsen Abdel Hamid had been killed but details were sketchy. (DPA) (Posted @ 12:55 PST)
At least three killed, score wounded in Baghdad car bomb: BAGHDAD, May 31: At least three people, including a woman, were killed and more than 20 wounded today when at least one car bomb exploded in a western Baghdad neighbourhood, witnesses and hospital sources told AFP The blast happened on Kindi street in front of a house belonging to Naim Haddad, a former senior Baath official from Saddam Hussein's regime. (AFP) (Updated @ 16:20 PST)
Arafat ready to extend hand in peace to Sharon: JERUSALEM, May 31: Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said he was ready to extend a hand in peace to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to restart the stalled Middle East peace process. "I extend my hand to Sharon, to the nation of Israel and its government," Arafat said on Israel's Channel 10 television. (APP/AFP) (Posted @ 10:15 PST)
Sharon puts his job on the line: JERUSALEM, May 31: Ariel Sharon staked his premiership on the future of his plan to force Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip as a cabinet split widened into a power struggle with his archrival Binyamin Netanyahu. Having been forced to postpone a vote on the plan because it was apparent that he would lose, Mr Sharon opened the weekly cabinet meeting by threatening to dismiss ministers opposed to "unilateral disengagement" and to take other "unprecedented political steps" to force it through. (Guardian) (Posted @ 11:20 PST)
Tape Claims Responsibility for Arab Attack: MANAMA, May 31: A man identified as al-Qaida's chief in the Saudi region claimed responsibility for a deadly attack in the kingdom's oil hub on a tape posted on the Internet. The speaker who identifies himself as Abdulaziz Issa Abdul-Mohsin al-Moqrin, believed to lead al-Qaida operations in Saudi Arabia, describes attackers ``slaughtering'' hostages, specifying they included an Italian, an American a Japanese and a Briton. On the 8-minute tape, the speaker also said an American's body was dragged through the city streets. The speaker rails against the Saudi government, accusing it of opening the country to Americans and providing ``America with oil at the cheapest prices according to their masters' wish, so that their economy does not collapse.'' The authenticity of tape could not be verified, but the voice resembled the voice on previous tapes attributed to al-Moqrin. U.S. and Saudi officials believe al-Moqrin is al-Qaida's top figure in Saudi Arabia and masterminded the Nov. 8 bombing of a Riyadh housing compound that killed 17 people, most of them Arabs and Muslims working in Saudi Arabia. (Guardian) (Posted @ 12:40 PST)
Singapore's Lee drops hint on political transition: SINGAPORE, May 31: It's one of Singapore's best-kept political secrets: the date when Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong will hand power this year to chosen successor Lee Hsien Loong the second leadership transition in Singapore's history. Lee, son of modern Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew, dropped a clue on Sunday, saying any transition would not come before Singapore's annual National Day on August 9, defusing speculation that the handover could come earlier. Lee told reporters that Goh will read the annual National Day speech, indicating that the city-state's first political handover in 14 years would not take place before then, the Straits Times reported today. (Reuters) (Posted @ 09:40 PST)
Nepal's king asks parties to suggest new premier: KATHMANDU, May 31: Nepal's King Gyanendra, facing a bloody Maoist revolt and a political crisis, asked national parties to suggest a replacement for the royalist prime minister who resigned early this month amid street protests. Nepal has been effectively without a government since Surya Bahadur Thapa stepped down three weeks ago. (Reuters) (Posted @ 09:45 PST)
Armed men surround east Congo's main airport, government workers evacuated: KINSHASA, May 31: Armed men surrounded the airport in eastern Congo's main city of Goma today, and U.N. forces took government officials in the city under their protection, U.N. radio said. (APP/AP) (Posted @ 15:05 PST)
Five dead in tourist boat capsize on Austrian underground lake: VIENNA, May 31: Five people were killed and several injured when a tourist boat with 32 passengers on board capsized today on Europe's largest subterranean lake in southern Austria, fire services said. (AFP) (Updated @ 15:50 PST)
Seven killed in Moscow apartment blaze: MOSCOW, May 31: Seven people were killed in a blaze that destroyed two apartments in eastern Moscow, the ITAR-TASS news agency reported today. After nearly an hour of combating the flames, fire fighters found the seven bodies, officials said, adding that five people, including a child, were rushed to a hospital with severe burns and breathing problems. (AFP) (Posted @ 10:15 PST)
Eight suspected leftists killed in Bangladesh: DHAKA, May 31: Bangladesh police today hunted for killers of eight suspected members of an underground leftist group who were shot dead in the country's wild south-west. (Reuters) (Posted @ 12:55 PST)
Series of earthquakes hit Russia's Far East island of Sakhalin: VLADIVOSTOK, May 31: A series of earthquakes measuring up to 6.0 on the Richter scale hit the island of Sakhalin in Russia's far east Sunday and today, local emergency officials said today. Some 46 houses were damaged, but no casualties were reported, officials said. (AFP) (Posted @ 10:15 PST)
Indian troops martyr five Kashmiri youth: SRINAGAR, May 31: The Indian troops, martyred five more Kashmir youth in their fresh acts of state terrorism at various places, reports Kashmir Media Service. (PPI) (Posted @ 16:20 PST)
Karachi Stocks down 4.23 points: KARACHI, May 31: At close of trading the KSE-100 index was at 5498.49, down 4.23 points from Friday's close. The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 58.15 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 16:30 PST)   Editor: Tahir Mirza The DAWN Group of Newspapers Haroon House, Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed Road, Karachi 74200, Pakistan. Phone:+92 (21) 111-444-777 Fax: +92 (21) 568-3188 webmaster@dawn.com Make sure to reload these pages so you're viewing the current version. |
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